Alastair Cook refuses to back down after batsmen collapse

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An emotional Alastair Cook vowed not to abandon England in their hour of need
after his team plunged headlong to a 95-run defeat by India in the second
Test at Lord’s this afternoon.

Like lemmings leaping off a cliff, England lost their final five wickets for
50 in 70 bizarre minutes after lunch. It was India’s first away victory in
16 Tests and their first win at Lord’s since 1986. But perhaps most
significantly it was England’s seventh defeat in nine Tests and the manner
of the defeat will cast further doubts over Cook’s captaincy.